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Children, Social work leaders

Council’s efforts to prevent children entering care help consolidate ‘good’ Ofsted grading

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Adults, Social work leaders

Ombudsman finds local authority at fault after it left man in unsuitable care for ‘prolonged period’

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Children, Social work leaders

Ofsted censures children’s services leaders for placements ‘against young people’s best interests’

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Children, Social work leaders

Child poverty rises linked to 10,000 more children going into care over five years, finds research

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Children

Fix ‘fundamental’ social care flaws that place teenagers at exploitation risk, report urges

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Adults

Council’s failure to support autistic man and mother led to ‘stress, anxiety and breakdown in family life’

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Children

‘Turmoil, instability and drift’ driven by senior staff turnover sees Bury children’s services rated ‘inadequate’

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Adults

Liberty Protection Safeguards consultation ‘to launch early 2022’, but new target date unlikely

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Children

Ofsted warns council over ‘children being left at risk of significant harm’

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Children

‘Disconnect’ between fast-track social work training and real-world practice, review finds

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Adults, Social work leaders

Covid delays in adult safeguarding have led to ‘severe consequences’ for people needing services

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Children

Children’s rights charity granted judicial review of ‘discriminatory’ unregulated placements legislation

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Children

Social workers feel misrepresented by care review, BASW warns

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Children

Council threatens judicial review as services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children hit ‘breaking point’

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Children

Calls for review of newborn care cases as study highlights growing use of zero-notice hearings

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Adults, Children, Coronavirus

Worsening mental health, domestic abuse and poverty as support falls: social workers count cost of Covid

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